The Vancouver Public Library

The Vancouver Public Library (VPL) is the second largest public library system in Canada, with more than 2.8 million items in its collections, 22 branches, approximately 375,000 cardholders, and nearly nine million item borrowings annually. The administration centre, and also the largest branch, known as the Central Branch, is located at Library Square in downtown Vancouver.

Hi Lorna! That's actually a good question. The library is the round part. The office building was built at the same time and there are stores and restaurants in the lower floors.

Hi Faye! Yes, that's right. It has a rooftop garden. Thanks for adding more details.

In TV and film Scenes from The 6th Day were filmed at the Central Branch, where it stood as the headquarters for the cloning company. Scenes from the closing sequence of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus were filmed in the Central Branch entrance hall. Scenes from the television series Battlestar Galactica and its spin-off Caprica were filmed at the building. A shootout scene in Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever was filmed inside and outside the building. The museum scenes in Mr. Magoo were filmed in the Central Branch entrance hall. The Fringe Division headquarters scenes in Fringe were filmed inside and outside of the building.